English singer and songwriter Adele has released her new song, “Another Love.”
Adele is one of the world’s best-selling music artists, with sales of over 120 million records. After graduating in arts from the BRIT School in 2006, Adele signed a record deal with XL Recordings.
Adele’s debut album, 19, was released in 2008 and spawned the UK top-five singles “Chasing Pavements” and “Make You Feel My Love”. The album was certified 8× platinum in the UK and triple platinum in the US. Adele was honoured with the Brit Award for Rising Star as well as the Grammy Award for Best New Artist.
Adele was reportedly working on her fourth studio album by 2018. On 5 May 2019, her 31st birthday, Adele posted several black-and-white pictures of herself on her Instagram account celebrating the occasion along with a message reflecting on the preceding year. The message ended with, “30 will be a drum n bass record to spite you”. Media outlets took the post as an indication that a new album was on the way.
On 15 February 2020, Adele announced at a friend’s wedding that her fourth studio album would be out by September 2020. However, she later confirmed that the album’s production and release had been delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Adele made her first television appearance in almost four years by hosting the 24 October 2020 episode of Saturday Night Live, with musical guest H.E.R.
On 15 October, Adele released “Easy on Me” to a positive reception, breaking Spotify and Amazon Music records for most streams for a song in a day. The song debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart, Adele’s third UK number one, and had the highest first-week sales for a single since January 2017. Reaching the top of the Billboard Hot 100, it is her fifth US number-one single.
30 is Adele’s first album to be marketed globally by Columbia Records instead of being split between XL Recordings and Beggars Group’s regional distribution partners in most of the world and Columbia in North America.
On 30 November 2021, Adele announced a Las Vegas residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace that would have run from 21 January 2022, until 16 April 2022. On 20 January, she announced the residency was postponed due to “delivery delays and COVID.”
